Bobc
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The locals call it Beirut.
Marina Awards
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The locals call it Beirut.
Pinnacle
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Best showers - Berthon
Most expensive - Salterns in Poole Harbour
Nicest welcome - East Cowes
Pontoons most in need of replacement ( at least when we were last there ) - Sparkes.
Least convenient ( exscept on transit ) - Portland
Most expensive - Salterns in Poole Harbour
Nicest welcome - East Cowes
Pontoons most in need of replacement ( at least when we were last there ) - Sparkes.
Least convenient ( exscept on transit ) - Portland
npf1
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Oh ... Almost forgot one: the dodgiest entrance by a country mile award goes to Beaucette. Almost poohed myself getting in there when the wind was around 25knts. We got 'away' with it, but I won't ever do that again!
Rigger Mortice
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I forgot......
Rudest staff. Sutton Marina, Plymouth (The lock-keeper. Pig ignorant. (I assume that he is employed by the Marina) He should be hurled from his lofty control tower into the depths of the lock)
Best bookshop. QAB, Plymouth. (Sea Chest Bookshop is well worth a lengthy visit. I don't think that it's anything to do with the marina, but it is on the doorstep)
Rudest staff. Sutton Marina, Plymouth (The lock-keeper. Pig ignorant. (I assume that he is employed by the Marina) He should be hurled from his lofty control tower into the depths of the lock)
Best bookshop. QAB, Plymouth. (Sea Chest Bookshop is well worth a lengthy visit. I don't think that it's anything to do with the marina, but it is on the doorstep)
boatbuilder
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He is probably employed by Sutton Harbour, or the Plymouth councill
Rigger Mortice
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Must be the council then. All the hall marks of a council worker.
Where is Tim B. when we need a good rant about civil servants??
Where is Tim B. when we need a good rant about civil servants??
stuartwineberg
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Show us the money
OK - I'm all in with a Yarmouth Saturday night
I see your Duver pontoon and raise it by a Folly pontoon ....
OK - I'm all in with a Yarmouth Saturday night
Joker
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It's even further for a pint of milk from here:
Poignard
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It's even further for a pint of milk from here:
Looks like a lively place! Where's that?
Lucky Duck
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Most difficult to get hold of on the VHF - Brighton
Most ackward pontoons - Titchmarsh
Most unhelpful berthing arrangements - Ramsgate
Longest wait for the lock - Chichester
Most ackward pontoons - Titchmarsh
Most unhelpful berthing arrangements - Ramsgate
Longest wait for the lock - Chichester
Poignard
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Friendly welcome - Hythe marina
Nastiest finger pontoons - Emsworth Yacht Harbour ( very narrow and rings instead of cleats)
Most visitor berths occupied by residents - St Vaast!
Nastiest finger pontoons - Emsworth Yacht Harbour ( very narrow and rings instead of cleats)
Most visitor berths occupied by residents - St Vaast!
BrendanS
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Most helpful to setting up forum meets, Mercury and Weymouth (though the first have it by a mile)
Joker
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Ruhnu - an island in the middle of Riga Bay belonging to Estonia. I was his first foreign visitor of the year.
Joker
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Oh, and how about the best ablution block?
dt4134
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It's the same part of the world, but I haven't been to Treguier and the rivers are similar in length.
This is up river from the marina.
We clocked it at around 4 knots trying to get into the marina. On the outside fingers it was doing the same, in the inside it was doing less, the fun comes because the tide doesn't run in line with the fingers (see here) when you go from the strong bit to the not so strong bit and find yourself powering towards the marina berth at 6 knots!
Portaferry Marina has a little bit of tide running through it too.
RichardTaylor
Member
Oh, and how about the best ablution block?
At least they are on the quay.... Unlike Ryde which must be a close second?
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Defence of Sutton Lockkeepers
I have to jump to the defence of the Lock Keepers at Sutton Harbour; I am a berthholder. The lockkeepers are Sutton Harbour staff. I believe that some if not all are ex-fishermen and I grant you they don't necessarily have the polished customer service skills but that hasn't been their background so don't expect a "have a nice day sir" when transiting the lock. However they are skilled guys and have to know their onions as regards getting big boats/lots of small boats through the lock safely. They have to be able to communicate effectively with commercially focussed trawler/fisherman as well as leisure boaters. And frankly some of the capers pulled by (it has to be said mainly pleasure boats) skippers going through the lock have to be seen to be believed. It requires a clear head and sometimes the issuing of direct instructions to skippers to ensure that all remains safe in the lock. I would much rather have knowledgeable guys on the lock than Amex style "do you want to squeeze my **** now or later" types.
An obvious response to this would be that "the lockkeepers should be good at all the skills necessary to operate the lock" well yes, obviously, but it's a very broad skill requirement. I employ software developers who are brilliant at what they do but rarely are they good at going out and meeting the client and those that can do both are in short supply.
So, I understand that the guys on the lock might seem "a bit short" with visitors but it's a style which one becomes familiar with. There is a highly abbreviated VHF syntax in use which makes for very effective communication, to "tune in" to this and understand what's going on its best to dual watch channel twelve once you enter Plymouth Sound. I can assure you that they are not "pig ignorant" as you suggest.
Robert
I have to jump to the defence of the Lock Keepers at Sutton Harbour; I am a berthholder. The lockkeepers are Sutton Harbour staff. I believe that some if not all are ex-fishermen and I grant you they don't necessarily have the polished customer service skills but that hasn't been their background so don't expect a "have a nice day sir" when transiting the lock. However they are skilled guys and have to know their onions as regards getting big boats/lots of small boats through the lock safely. They have to be able to communicate effectively with commercially focussed trawler/fisherman as well as leisure boaters. And frankly some of the capers pulled by (it has to be said mainly pleasure boats) skippers going through the lock have to be seen to be believed. It requires a clear head and sometimes the issuing of direct instructions to skippers to ensure that all remains safe in the lock. I would much rather have knowledgeable guys on the lock than Amex style "do you want to squeeze my **** now or later" types.
An obvious response to this would be that "the lockkeepers should be good at all the skills necessary to operate the lock" well yes, obviously, but it's a very broad skill requirement. I employ software developers who are brilliant at what they do but rarely are they good at going out and meeting the client and those that can do both are in short supply.
So, I understand that the guys on the lock might seem "a bit short" with visitors but it's a style which one becomes familiar with. There is a highly abbreviated VHF syntax in use which makes for very effective communication, to "tune in" to this and understand what's going on its best to dual watch channel twelve once you enter Plymouth Sound. I can assure you that they are not "pig ignorant" as you suggest.
Robert
Seajet
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Not pig ignorant, but normal courtesy is beyond them and mustn't be expected, then ?
That sort of thing went out in the 1970's, a recipe for going bust !
That sort of thing went out in the 1970's, a recipe for going bust !
Landale
Member
Too true - AFAICT there's about 30 berths free at the moment and the marina basin could use a dredge - to be fair the prices haven't gone up for 3 years
it's only about £3090 for 10m. :irony:There may well be more berths free next year I guess.
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Not pig ignorant, but normal courtesy is beyond them and mustn't be expected, then ?
That sort of thing went out in the 1970's, a recipe for going bust !
Who said anything about normal courtesy being absent? I would say that referring to someone as "pig ignorant" is not "normal courtesy"! The guys are courteous within the realms of an efficient commercial environment.